Andrea Zanchetta (born 2 February 1975) is a former

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and current football manager for Inter U18.

Club career

Internazionale

Born in

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, Zanchetta started his professional career at

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Inter is ...

. After working his way through the club's youth ranks, he made his first team debut in the

Italian Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa ...

on 23 October 1994 against

U.S. Foggia Calcio Foggia 1920, commonly referred to as Foggia, is an Italian football club based in Foggia, Apulia. It currently plays in Serie C, having last been in the top level Serie A in 1995. The team gained nationwide popularity as Foggia Calcio ...

. That season he played twice for Inter, both against Foggia. Ahead of the

1995–96 Serie A The 1995–96 Serie A title was won by Milan (15th title for the Milan-based club), with Juventus finishing as runners-up. Fourth placed Fiorentina tasted glory in the Coppa Italia, while seventh-placed Internazionale only narrowly managed to qu ...

season, he left for Foggia in a co-ownership deal. Zanchetta proved to me a mainstay in the line-up at his new club, making 57 league appearances in two seasons. After scoring 7 goals in his second season with the club, Inter bought back the full registration rights to Zanchetta and sold him permanently to

Chievo Chievo (4,500 inhabitants) is a frazione of Verona located to the west of the city, around from the historic city centre, on the shores of the river Adige. It is best known for its football team, A.C. ChievoVerona, which competes in the second ...

shortly after.

Chievo

At Chievo he was one of the regular starter, and scored 8 goals in the first season.

Reggina & Vicenza

After almost relegated to

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, Zanchetta secured a move to Serie A struggler

Reggina Reggina 1914 S.r.l., commonly referred to as Reggina, is an Italian football club based in Reggio Calabria. Founded in 1914, they currently play in Serie B, and play their home matches at the 27,763 seater Stadio Oreste Granillo. They are nic ...

in co-ownership deal. Zanchetta showed his talent in attack, scored 5 goals in his second Serie A season, in although Reggina was relegated. Co-currently, Chievo won Serie A promotion by finished third and bought back Zanchetta. He played 2 league matches for Chievo in 2001-02 Serie A season. In summer 2001, he swapped club with

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, and both club a co-owned the players. He collected 3 goals each in the two season with Vicenza at Serie B.

Chievo Return

In June 2003, Firmani and Zanchetta moved back to their original clubs. With Chievo, which he was awarded a new contract until June 2007 in March 2004 (along with

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), he failed to become the regular starter but worked as a good backup player, for the team that had Mario Santana, Luciano,

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and Victor Nsofor Obinna in attack. He wore no.10 from 2004 to 2007, toke from

Lorenzo D'Anna Lorenzo D'Anna (born 29 January 1972) is an Italian football manager and former player, last in charge as head coach of Serie C club Trento. Playing career D'Anna was a centre back, and was the captain of A.C. ChievoVerona of Serie A, with over 3 ...

. Due to

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, Chievo qualified to

2006–07 UEFA Champions League The 2006–07 UEFA Champions League was the 15th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded from the European Cup, and the 52nd season overall. The final was contested by Milan ...

, he played both legs as attacking midfielder role. He also played in

2006–07 UEFA Cup The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th UEFA Cup, Europe's second-tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match ...

First Round both legs, as Chievo lost in 2-3 aggregate.

Lecce

In January 2007, he left for

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

, in exchange with Giuseppe Cozzolino. In the first seasons he was the regular starter, and won Serie A promotion in 2008, but faced relegation again in 2009.

Cremonese

In July 2009, he was transferred to

Cremonese Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' (Po Valley). It is the capital of the ...

Lega Pro Prima Divisione Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy. It consisted of 33 teams, divided geographically into two divisions of 16 and 17 teams for group A and B respectively. Until 2008 it was known as Serie C1. Before the 1978� ...

Personal life

Zanchetta is the father of the footballer Federico Zanchetta.

References

External links

Profile at Cremonese

Inter Archive

Profile at La Gazzetta dello Sport (2007-08)

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